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It's especially egregious when we have past remakes to compare to, especially HGSS which are still the best remakes in the series. This should not still be true 12 years on, and there is no reason for remakes to decline in quality over time.i think the lesson some of us can agree on is that being too faithful has its consequences. there's some deviation, sure (the aforementioned elite four/gym leader rematches are one, pokemon hideaways are another), but i find those deviations aren't quite enough to carry the game or make them exciting either on their own or even altogether with the rest of the game, which is admittedly... divisive depending on how you feel about the rest of vanilla d/p's content.
I skipped out on BDSP because for all the modern graphics, Platinum to me is still the definitive way to experience Sinnoh. If you can't top a 13 year old game with a remake on a modern console, what's the point? And the gall to charge full price as well!